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While clearly influenced by bands like The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Dinosaur Jr, Grimes and The Cure, \"Kodama\" ultimately reveals itself as Alcest's 'Japanese album', drawing substantial inspiration from Japanese art and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nOriginally triggered by Hayao Miyazaki's anime film \"Princess Mononoke\", \"Kodama\" picks up on the fate of its protagonist and, at its core, deals with the sensation of not belonging; of living in between worlds, be it city and nature or the physical and spiritual one. Duality is also crucial for the visual approach of the album, realized by French graphic designer duo Førtifem. Paying tribute to Japanese illustrators like Takato Yamamoto, the visuals portray contrasting elements like nature\/urbanity, youth\/death, femininity\/animality and combine poetic elements with darker ones that were not present in Alcest's earlier works.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nBy giving the album a cultural, stylistic and compositional narrative, Neige and Winterhalter keep \"Kodama\" from just being the latest improvement on the Alcest sound and instead make the album a most rare and exciting thing: a vital, relevant record from a pioneer that not only upholds the band's trailblazing legacy but actually makes you want to see where they go next. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3672356025\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/alcest.bandcamp.com\/album\/kodama\"\u003eKodama by Alcest\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53170644353321,"sku":"P-40002-","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/Alcest-Kodama-CD-DIGIPAK-SLIPCASE-40002-1-1554387978.jpg?v=1778701899"},{"product_id":"alcest-souvenirs-dun-autre-monde-cd","title":"Alcest - Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde - CD","description":"","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53170645336361,"sku":"P-44872-","price":9.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/Alcest-Souvenirs-D-Un-Autre-Monde-CD-44872-1-1607109416.jpg?v=1778701925"},{"product_id":"alcest-souvenirs-dun-autre-monde-cd-digipak","title":"Alcest - Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde - CD DIGIPAK","description":"","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53170646319401,"sku":"P-61553-","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/Alcest-Souvenirs-D-Un-Autre-Monde-CD-DIGIPAK-61553-1-1728484752.jpg?v=1778701962"},{"product_id":"alcest-shelter-cd-digisleeve","title":"Alcest - Shelter - CD DIGISLEEVE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\"Shelter\" is the fourth album by contemporary shoegazers Alcest, the destination of a long creative musical journey into vast new territories. More than ever the French outfit consisting of mastermind and multi-instrumentalist Neige and drummer Winterhalter embraces the dreamy guitar textures of shoegaze and blends it with the sweetness of british band Cocteau Twins - dream pop pioneers of the mid to late 80's era - epic, soundtrack-like melodies and progressive song structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe album which features guest appearances from Slowdive's Neil Halstead (lead vocals on the song \"Away\"), Sweden's Promise And The Monster’s Billie Lindahl and Amiina's strings sections was recorded at Sundlaugin Studio, Iceland, with Sigur Rós producer Birgir Jón Birgisson who masterfully gave \"Shelter\" its light and ethereal sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nConceptually, the title of the album \"Shelter\" says it all. The record is about the concept of shelter as a safe place that allows everybody to escape reality for an instant, to reunite with what we really are, deep down. 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